Dutch outfit Bakker Sliedrecht has been hired by Damen Shipyards to provide the main electrical systems for the under construction Bibby WaveMaster Horizon service operations vessel.
Bakker will deliver technology for the vessel’s dynamic-positioning two system. It will also supply the main and auxiliary switchboards, as well as three low harmonic drive systems for the ship’s diesel-electric propulsion system.
Bibby WaveMaster Horizon will also be equipped with Bakker’s Bimac vessel management system to manage all the main and auxiliary functions of the SOV.
The vessel will be deployed by Bibby Marine Services for the operations and maintenance of a German wind farm equipped with Siemens Gamesa wind turbines in the North Sea, Bakker Sliedrecht said.
Bibby WaveMaster Horizon will be the sister vessel of the Bibby Wavemaster 1 SOV and is expected to be delivered in mid-2019.